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8GB iPhone Price Drop, 4GB iPhone Discontinued
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I will NEVER EVER EVER EEEEVVVVEEEERRRRRR buy a 1st gen Apple product again. And I am infinitely less likely to say good things about my iPhone now because I feel SO ripped off.
While we may be suckers, I think a good amount of the nearly 1M iPhone early adopters feel the same way. If the fanboys aren't going to buy stuff right away, then who is?
While we may be suckers, I think a good amount of the nearly 1M iPhone early adopters feel the same way. If the fanboys aren't going to buy stuff right away, then who is?
Pricing rationale
The drop in iPhone price has everything to do with iPod pricing. The iPod Touch 8gb is $299. There was no way people were going to accept a $300 premium for the iPhone. I now feel that I have been "released" to get all the great iPod Touch features that I wanted without having to deal with a switch in cell providers to ATT.
I wonder... is there mic / audio input so that we can VOIP?
The drop in iPhone price has everything to do with iPod pricing. The iPod Touch 8gb is $299. There was no way people were going to accept a $300 premium for the iPhone. I now feel that I have been "released" to get all the great iPod Touch features that I wanted without having to deal with a switch in cell providers to ATT.
I wonder... is there mic / audio input so that we can VOIP?
Bitch, bitch, bitch.......
No sympathy here! NO ONE TOLD you to be the FIRST IN LINE!! NO ONE forced you to by ANY phone, or computer, etc...just to say you got one!!
Thats the price you pay for volunteering to stand in line and get your iPhone! Everyone KNOWS that prices come down later, ESPECIALLY with cell phones!
GIve me a break and stop whining! You had the money to buy the iPhone, now live with it! Man what a bunch of cry babies!
No sympathy here! NO ONE TOLD you to be the FIRST IN LINE!! NO ONE forced you to by ANY phone, or computer, etc...just to say you got one!!
Thats the price you pay for volunteering to stand in line and get your iPhone! Everyone KNOWS that prices come down later, ESPECIALLY with cell phones!
GIve me a break and stop whining! You had the money to buy the iPhone, now live with it! Man what a bunch of cry babies!
Peoples true sides are really coming out in the comments seen here.
A 200 drop is 33%, alot for an item that was released 2 months ago. What about the people who bought it 3 weeks ago?
I bought one on release day and love it, but this does put a sour taste in my mouth. fluctuating between it was coming (but wayyyyy to soon) and I had a great phone.
Oh well. Perhaps some complaining to apple will help.
A 200 drop is 33%, alot for an item that was released 2 months ago. What about the people who bought it 3 weeks ago?
I bought one on release day and love it, but this does put a sour taste in my mouth. fluctuating between it was coming (but wayyyyy to soon) and I had a great phone.
Oh well. Perhaps some complaining to apple will help.
The price drop is big news. It is also large in magnitude indeed. We will soon see the european iPhone release announcement and come October 1, 2007 all this stuff will be shipping en masse.
iPod Touch is a world killer product.
Rocketman
iPod Touch is a world killer product.
Rocketman
I am not going to get too upset just yet. I was one of the ones that received a gift card on the Aperture deal. I'll give Apple a chance to make things right before I let myself get angry.
I hate to admit it, but I almost feel the same way.
This year alone, I pre-ordered an AppleTV, only to have the price drop and drive upgrade available almost a month later.
Then the AEBS, which I bought the day it came out, only to see it upgraded to GigE two months later.
And now with the iPhone...
I totally understand that prices drop, and technology improves. But when I've been waiting for just under a year for Apple to do a measly processor bump (or price drop) on the lower end Mac Pro models, this feels like a punch in the nuts.
Maybe I'll start the counteracting "Take Responsibility For Your Actions" club, then.
Apple dealt with the likelihood of shortages in the most profitable way-- by keeping prices high until the initial rush wore down, then lowering them to a sustainable level. Any economist will tell you that a shortage is an artifact of incorrect pricing.
Look at it this way-- if prices had started out at this level, you probably wouldn't have even *had* an iPhone the last 3 months, because they would have been impossible to get ahold of. Think of it as paying a $70/month fanboy tax for getting the product early.
It ships worldwide when it is released.was there any indication when the ipod touch will be available in the uk??
I love my iPhone and still love it the same as I did when I walked home with it, after waiting in line for 8 hours.
I have never had a Apple product drop so much in such a short time. While I think it's great that Apple is able to sell it for $399, that means more people will adopt them, but it really sucks that it dropped so much in such a short time.
Sure, I figured new ones would come out, but at least 6 months, or perhaps only when a 3G model comes out. It's not like the introduced a new one, and its better, for the same price, it's the exact same model!
Oh well.
I have never had a Apple product drop so much in such a short time. While I think it's great that Apple is able to sell it for $399, that means more people will adopt them, but it really sucks that it dropped so much in such a short time.
Sure, I figured new ones would come out, but at least 6 months, or perhaps only when a 3G model comes out. It's not like the introduced a new one, and its better, for the same price, it's the exact same model!
Oh well.
was there any indication when the ipod touch will be available in the uk??
It's available worldwide. It uses WiFi only, so it's truly international.
Sorry to make my 1st post to this forum so negative. But I really don't feel like a valued Apple customer!!! This is my reward for blind loyalty? I pretty much bought my 8gb iPhone on the release date because it was an Apple product and assumed it would integrate well with my Apple-powered lifestyle. I've even been patient waiting for updates.
I guess I just invested $200 into Apple stock with no dividends!
I guess I just invested $200 into Apple stock with no dividends!
Way to go! ******* piece of **** Apple!
Boohoo. Tell your HDTV provider the same for dropping prices way below early adopter.
Uh, no, but you can be proud to be holding a receipt for paying the early adopter tax. Where have you been the last 20 years. If you want something as soon as it comes out, you pay the early adopter tax.
I'm very dissapointed in apple, don't get me wrong I love the iphone, but they have to realize the kind of people that buy the products and then reccomend them all to there friends are the reason why they are doing so well, this is going to kill them over the long run if they don't do anyting about it. 200 dollars after two months on the shelves is a joke.
Well, be careful what you wished for.
Folks wanted a 16GB (or more) iPod with all the iPhone's functionality, but without the cell phone part. And they wanted it cheap.
Well, they got their wish (and, hey, good for them). But that suddenly made the 8GB iPhone at $599 to be grossly mis-priced in comparison.
So Apple did what they would have eventually done, they just accelerated it really ahead of schedule.
Folks wanted a 16GB (or more) iPod with all the iPhone's functionality, but without the cell phone part. And they wanted it cheap.
Well, they got their wish (and, hey, good for them). But that suddenly made the 8GB iPhone at $599 to be grossly mis-priced in comparison.
So Apple did what they would have eventually done, they just accelerated it really ahead of schedule.
I'm so pissed
I'm furious with Apple. They should do something for those of us who paid $200 more two months and a few days ago. It has not even been 3 months. Free Apple care extension, gift card to the iTunes store... I don't know. I've spent a small fortune on Apple products this year. We should ban together and do something. I for one am writing a heated letter
Justin
I'm furious with Apple. They should do something for those of us who paid $200 more two months and a few days ago. It has not even been 3 months. Free Apple care extension, gift card to the iTunes store... I don't know. I've spent a small fortune on Apple products this year. We should ban together and do something. I for one am writing a heated letter
Justin
curious how you know this since the store is still down?
I bought a 4gb 10 days ago. Want to return and buy another for whatever the cheaper price is.